CSX's Monon and New York Central heritage units depart Nashville with train M21227 after a crew change at Kayne Avenue, passing the historic L&N Union Station.

Kicking Horse Pass In November of 1994 my friend Dave Gayer had a feature article in Pacific Rail News about Kicking Horse Pass. On page 29 is a photo of a CP SD40-2 poking its nose ou... (more)

One of the earlier AEM-7DCs is first to be scrapped. It was dismantled into three chunks, which were hauled offsite by trailer to be further reduced. Amtrak ended up creating an official eBay acco... (more)

Recently released for the Paducah shops CPKC GP38-2 4412 waits to be pressed into service. The 4412 was built in 1978 for the SOO.

An ABBA set of what was once common freight power leads a Santa Fe freight through Oklahoma City on the elevated portion of track over the Rock Island and Frisco. Taken by Frank Tribbey. Patrick M... (more)

Train 463 with locomotives 476 and 473 pauses for water at the new Needleton Tank. However, the old wooden tank is still standing and visible midway through the train.

ATSF 575 leading an eastbound Q train takes five at Joliet near Union Station while the Employee Passenger Special gets under way just ahead of it. Soon both trains will be headed for Corwith Yard... (more)

Livingston, Montana was Northern Pacific's major diesel maintenance facility for their entire transcontinental fleet of freight and passenger locomotives as well as the Rocky Mountain Division... (more)

An Old Goat Can Still Scream On July 23rd, 2024, Amtrak MP15DC #537 was in charge of taking the Portland Extra equipment move to Boston to drop off bad-ordered Downeaster equipment. Around... (more)

HERMOSA WY July 3 1978 — Eastbound Union Pacific DDA40X 6914, Southern Pacific SD45 8888 and an SP EMD blast out of the east portal on track one. EMD built the unit (b/n 34540) in October 1969 a... (more)

Santa Fe demonstrator Roadrailer Autorailer trailers 460000, 460002, 460003, and 460004 on display at Naperville, IL. Kodachrome, photographer unknown, John E. Troxler collection.

Larry's Truck never disappoints with the variety of relics on display. Heading up a row of old iron horses the SP 9391, Originally built as the St. Louis Southwestern RR "COTTON BELT" 93... (more)

After a tragic derailment near Burns Harbor, The CSS 2010 is on the rail and just got started as part of the cleanup efforts. The CSS 804 had been the lead unit in the incident and has already bee... (more)

The UP's Cane Creek branch is an amazing piece of engineering, carved out amongst the deep red rocks of southern Utah. A nice surprise on my first time shooting the branch was a former Western Pac... (more)

Moving Power. On August 8, 2015, a Norfolk Southern special move passed through Horseshoe Curve in Altoona Pennsylvania with a cargo of export locomotives from General Electric in Erie, Pen... (more)